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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1914

1,594 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 80

Gunmen Electrocuted. the Rosenthal Murder. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1914 · page 5

Four gunmen, convicted in connection with the New York police scandals of the murder of Hermann Rosenthal, were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison. None of the…

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Maitland Coalmines. Kurri Police Court. Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 5

Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., occupied the bench at the Kurri Police Court this morning. Richard Johnson and Robert Irving were charged with behaving in a riotous manner…

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Industrial Court. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1914 · page 5

In the Industrial Court, before the Industrial Magistrate (Mr. C. H. Gale), Walter Waller, secretary of the Collery Mechanics. Mutual Protective Association,…

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Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 4

Before Mr. S. E. Beaver, J.P., at the West Maitland Police Court this morning, Edward Pomering was charged with having on the 15th instant assaulted George Choy,…

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A Savage Assault. Station Maid Attacked

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 2

On Monday afternoon a wild-looking man called at the Mount Bute sheep station, in the Linton district near Ballarat and asked for work. The maid,…

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A Jockey's Complaint. Apprentice Before the Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1914 · page 7

Joseph Harvey, 18, jockey, appeared at the Newcastle Police Court, on Wednesday, to answer a charge of being absent without leave from his master's service, while apprenticed…

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East Maitland Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

The bench at the East Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Messrs. W. B. Pryor and W. Blissett, Js. P. Joseph Lester, for having used obscene language in…

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Police Court. Rabbit Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 3

IN the local Police Court, this morning, before Mr. R. H. V Allnutt, J.P., Canute Brooks, Stock Inspector for the Upper Hunter P.P. Board, proceeded…

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Rose Bay Murder Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 5

Constable Donald, of Leadville and Constable Bisley, of Cassilis, with the aid of a Cassilis blacktracker, have captured a man who has been in the Uarbry district for some…

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Women As Police

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

Chicago is greatly satisfied with its experiment with the police woman, ten of whom were appointed last August to assist in reforming the morals and…

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Police Court "Not a Bad Fellow."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 10

"I'll smash you up yet; you'11 lose your coat through me." The foregoing phraseology formed the basis of a charge preferred against Edward…

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Singleton Letter. Police Court. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

Before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M., at the police court yesterday, Mayo Marshall was charged with causing 90 calves to be carried on a railway vehicle in such a…

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Murder and Necromancy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 11

Definitely charged with the murder of M. Cadiou, the manufacturer of Landerneau, whose body was found buried in a wood near his factory at a spot indicated by…

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Police School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 12

In the police school founded by the Prefect of Police, which will be inaugurated next month, the cinematograph is to play an important part. The whole life of the…

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Turk Sentenced to Deaths. Cairo, April 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 3

The indignation of the Egyptians is increasing owing to the sentence of death passed upon Aziz Bey by a court-martial in Constantinople, for reviving Arab resistance at…

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Women As Police

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 7

Chicago is greatly satisfied with its experiment with the police women, ten of whom were appointed last August to assist in reforming the morals and…

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Rose Bay Murder Case. An Arrest Made

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 5

Constable Donald, of Leadville, and Constable Bisley, of Cassilis, with the aid of a Cassilis black tracker, have captured a man who has been in the…

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Local News. Licensing Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 4

A sitting of the Licensing Court was held at the Court House on Thursday, before Mr. R. H. V. Allnutt, P.M. Two booth licenses were granted to James…

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Gunmen Electrocuted. the Rosenthal Murder. New York

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

Four gunmen, convicted in connection with the New York police scandals, of the murder of Hermann Rosenthal, were elcetrocuted in Sing Sins prison. None of the…

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Industrial Court. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 6

In the Industrial Court, before the Industrial Magistrate (Air. C. H. Gale), Walter Waller, secretary of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association…

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